Sedgwick has now revealed that she made the choice to leave so that she could pursue other projects.

"It certainly wasn't about not adoring this character or these people [that I work with]," she told TV Line. "But at the end of the day, [The Closer is] still a procedural, and I think that probably fit into my decision a bit. Even though there's all this amazing character stuff, that's still what it is.

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"I thought about it for a year, and it finally came down to the fact that I really want to do other things, creatively. I'm an artist, and I want to express myself in other ways and other places."

She added: "I love [the show] and I love everybody so much. But I also want to go out while we're on top, when people still want to see us."

Sedgwick also revealed that she is "really glad" that Major Crimes is being made and teased that the theme for the final season of The Closer is "love and loss".